Re: Bug#636219: debconf-set-selections can't set values (strings) with a hash
On 27/03/12 08:19, Holger Levsen wrote:
> I think it's better to recommend not to use passwords with a "#" (and possible
> other characters) then modifiying the way preseeding works in stable.
Sorry, I don't think that is good advice to give :)
But I understand what you mean; users pre-seeding passwords from CSV
files are already in an awkward situation. There could still be issues
with unicode characters (for example £ or € currency symbols) if they
didn't take care with character encoding, especially if the file
originated on a Windows machine.
Debian Edu needs to fix the escaping of raw passwords in stable anyway
because of the risk of running arbitrary commands as root.
The debconf-set-selections issue remains; whether or not it should be
fixed in stable I cannot say.
Regards,
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Steven Chamberlain
steven@pyro.eu.org
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